Designed to reflect the movement and colour of the ocean Layered hand dyed cotton and silk organza heavily embellished with hand stitched beads. 2009 Quilt Size - 100cm x 100cm (40" x 40") Price - $1000 For more information or to purchase this quilt, [...]
Growth
Lisa Walton2023-04-14T11:35:19+10:00I wanted to think about all the shades of green I could and made a piece of felt using the wet felt method and then embellished it with leaves and the names of different shades of green. Then the vines started growing on the piece and leaves [...]
Everywhere
Lisa Walton2019-08-27T15:39:39+10:00This quilt was made for the Exhibition - Beneath the Southern Sky It is a collage piece of hand dyed and printed fabrics relating to the Australian desert colours. The overlay design is a verse from the original song - Ive Been Everywhere Man by Geoff Mack [...]
Japanese Love
Lisa Walton2023-04-14T11:27:39+10:00This quilt was made from recycled kimonos purchased in Kyoto. The stamps and motifs were inspired also by Japanese elements. The overlay design is the Japanese symbol for love. Quilt Size - 100cm x 105cm (40" x 42") In Private Collection 2014 For [...]
Orvieto Memories
Lisa Walton2023-04-14T11:34:09+10:00Quilt was started while I was teaching in the beautiful Italian village of Orvieto. All the fabrics in this quilt were created from white fabric using a variety of surface design techniques such as dyeing, painting, rubbing, stamping and foiling. The overlay design was a semicircular wrought iron frame [...]
Party Time
Lisa Walton2019-08-27T15:39:39+10:00This quilt originally was designed to be a random placement of fabrics. It has one simple block design in two sizes. When it was finished it lacked something. A random piece of orange hand dyed fabric jumped out and 'demanded' to be added to the quilt so pieces were cut out and [...]
Where Did the Time Go?
Lisa Walton2019-08-27T15:39:40+10:00This quilt conveys the message of a demonstration of how a simple growth chart can make you realise that time has passed. Designed as an entry for A Matter of Time Exhibition Hand dyed cotton fabric was pieces and overpainted with the door frame and chart markings. Overlay of a silhouette in hand dyed [...]
Australian Spirit
Lisa Walton2019-08-27T15:39:40+10:00Australian Spirit was inspired by the colours of the Australian Outback. Sometimes green and lush and sometimes dry and harsh. The quilt was made of a wide variety of textured, painted and dyed fabrics to accentuate the varieties of textures also found. Size 70cm x 85cm (28" x 34") Price $950 2014 [...]
Beneath the Surface
Lisa Walton2019-08-27T15:39:40+10:00Quilt was inspired by the movement of water and the objects that float in the current. It is made of hand dyed silk noil and cotton which has been curved pieced and a contrasting pieces inserted into the top. Quilting was done free motion style and then beads and [...]